Matrix Concepts up 1.05% on growth optimism
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 22): Matrix Concepts Holdings Bhd shares gained 1.
BNM addresses ‘difficult financing’ perception with MyKNP platform
KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has established a platform — the Khidmat Nasihat Pembiayaan or MyKNP — to provide assistance to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and homebuyers who have failed to secure financing, amid mounting frustrations among those who could not get loans.
BNM establishes programme to assist financing of SMEs, housebuyers
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 21): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) today established the 'Khidmat Nasihat Pembiayaan' (MyKNP) programme, aimed at assisting SMEs and housebuyers that have previously been unsuccessful in securing financing.
Bank Negara raises income, property price ceilings under RM1b affordable home fund
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 21): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has expanded the eligibility criteria of its RM1 billion Fund for Affordable Homes, a fund that was set up earlier this year to help those from the lower income group to finance the purchase of their first homes.
Jaya Grocer to be anchor tenant at The Tropika, Bukit Jalil
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 21): Berjaya Land Bhd through its subsidiary Berjaya Golf Resort Bhd has entered into a lease agreement with Trendcell Sdn Bhd to operate a Jaya Grocer store with F&B outlets at the commercial portion of Berjaya Land's latest development The Tropika in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur.
MACC unfreezes Arul Kanda's bank, CDS accounts
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 21): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has unfrozen all seven bank accounts and two Central Depository System (CDS) accounts belonging to former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) president and chief executive officer Arul Kanda Kandasamy (pictured).
Prada to close store in HK's Causeway Bay next year, says report
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 21): Prada’s retail store in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, will close when its lease expires in June 2020.
Steel products maker ATTA Global buys another property investment company
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 21): Steel products maker ATTA Global Group Bhd is acquiring real estate company Climate Attitude Sdn Bhd for RM24 million to diversify into property investment.
Sarawak Report exposé article led to the start of MACC's SRC probe
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 20): An exposé article from Sarawak Report dated July 2, 2015 led the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to commence investigations on SRC International Sdn Bhd, MACC investigating officer (IO) Senior Assistant Commissioner Rosli Hussain (pictured) told the High Court here today.
Apex court to decide on Thursday if govt can appeal its inclusion as party in Altantuya civil suit
PUTRAJAYA (Aug 20): The government has submitted that the High Court was right in excluding it as a defendant in a civil suit over the murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu (pictured), although two policemen were found guilty of the crime in a criminal case earlier.
